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Helya
Helya - Trial of Valor
Helya is a boss encounter in Trial of Valor.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Trial of Valor, Helya comes 3rd of 3, after Guarm.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Stormheim
Trial of Valor entranceThe Trial of Valor entrance is in Stormheim, at 71.1, 72.9 on the Stormheim map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Helya uses her supernatural powers to conjure orbs, taint foes, breathe sludge, and crush her enemies. Upon reaching 65% health, Helya departs beneath the sea, assaulting the raid from afar with her denizens of Helheim or ocean waves from the Maw of Souls. Defeating Helya's tentacles wounds her, causing her to return to the shore. Helya then orders the last stand of Helheim, invoking both the minions of Helheim and her supernatural powers until her defeat.
Damage Dealers
- Maneuver Orb of Corruption and Orb of Corrosion away from raid members if targeted.
- Avoid Bilewater Breath and Corrupted Breath, then defeat Bilewater Slimes or absorb Corrupted Axions.
- Help mitigate Tentacle Strikes, as the damage divides amongst all targets struck.
- Defeat Night Watch Mariners before they reach full energy and cast Lantern of Darkness.
Healers
- Players targeted by Orb of Corruption and Orb of Corrosion may move out of range, so plan accordingly.
- Dispel Taint of the Sea.
- Fetid Rot reduces the healing a target receives, declining in potency over time.
- Tanks afflicted with Bilewater Redox or Dark Hatred may require coordinated use of damage-reduction abilities.
Tanks
- Bilewater Breath and Corrupted Breath follow Helya's current tank target and will apply Bilewater Redox or Dark Hatred, respectively, to all targets within the breath.
- A Grimelord's Anchor Slam reduces your defenses for a short duration.
- Fury of the Maw waves can bring Grimelords and Night Watch Mariners into the battle.
- Decaying Minions leave behind Decay when they die, which can be washed away by Fury of the Maw.
Stage One: Low Tide
Helya uses her supernatural powers to conjure orbs, taint foes, breathe sludge, and crush her enemies.
Helya
Orb of Corruption
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Bilewater Breath
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Tentacle Strike
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Taint of the Sea
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Corrosive Nova
Spell detailsStage Two: From the Mists
Upon reaching 65% health, Helya departs beneath the sea, assaulting the raid from afar with her denizens of Helheim or ocean waves from the Maw of Souls. Defeating Helya's tentacles wounds her, causing her to return to the shore.
Helya
Fury of the Maw
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Torrent
Spell detailsGripping Tentacle
Helya grips the landmass, allowing her to command the waves of the sea and attack players from relative safety. Defeating these wound her, eventually forcing her back ashore.
Grimelord
Sludge Nova
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Fetid Rot
Spell detailsIn this difficulty, Fetid Rot spreads every period.
Anchor Slam
Spell detailsNight Watch Mariner
Helarjar Mistwatcher
Mist Infusion
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Bleak Eruption
Spell detailsDecaying Minion
Rabid
Decay
VigorStage Three: Helheim's Last Stand
Helya orders the last stand of Helheim, invoking both the minions of Helheim and her supernatural powers until her defeat.
Helya
Orb of Corrosion
Spell detailsTaint of the Sea
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Corrupted Breath
Spell detailsIn this difficulty, this creates several Corrupted Axions.
Fury of the Maw
Spell detailsCorrosive Nova
Spell detailsNight Watch Mariner
Lantern of Darkness
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Ghostly Rage
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Give No Quarter
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Rally of the Kvaldir
Spell detailsDecaying Minion
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Helya, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Orb of Corruption
Shadow · 1 sec cast
Corrupted Slicer
Shadow · Instant
A beam of corrupted energy surges between the Orbs, inflicting Shadow damage to enemies struck by the beam.
Bilewater Breath
Frost · 3 sec cast
Breathes out foul corruption, inflicting Frost damage to enemies in a frontal cone and applying. Creates several Bilewater Slimes which each impact the ground, inflicting Frost damage to enemies.
Bilewater Liquefaction
Frost · 15 sec cast
The slime's skin bursts, inflicting Frost damage to all enemies, reducing in damage by up to 95% based on the slime's remaining health. The size of the corrosive pool is also based on the slime's remaining health.
Bilewater Redox
Frost · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Helya's Bilewater Breath flash oxidizes armor, decreasing armor by 100% for 30 sec.
Tentacle Strike
Physical · Instant
Helya's tentacle emerges at the front or back of the platform. The tentacle strikes the ground after several seconds, inflicting Nature damage, divided amongst all enemies struck. If the tentacle impacts the ground without resistance, it sends shockwaves across the platform, inflicting Nature damage to all players.
Tentacle Slam
Nature · Instant
If no targets are struck by Tentacle Strike, the impact sends a shockwave across the platform inflicting Nature damage to all enemies.
Taint of the Sea
Frost · Instant
When this aura is removed, the taint explodes, inflicting Frost damage to all players.
Tainted Essence
Frost · Instant
The expelled Taint of the Sea leaves behind a Tainted Essence, which explodes after a short time, inflicting Frost damage to enemies.
Corrosive Nova
Frost · 1 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Blasts all enemies with corrosive magic, inflicting Frost damage while no players are in melee range. Corrosive Nova empowers Helya, increasing all damage done by 3%. This effect stacks.
Fury of the Maw
Frost · 1 sec cast
Calls upon the fury of the maw, invoking a wave to push away players, inflicting Frost damage every half-second. Fury of the Maw washes away and.
Sludge Nova
Nature, Shadow · 3 sec cast
Stomps the ground, inflicting Plague damage to enemies and knocking them back.
Fetid Rot
Nature · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
Afflicts several targets with Fetid Rot, inflicting Nature damage per stack every 3 sec and decreasing healing received by 15% per stack, periodically reducing in effectiveness. When removed, inflicts Nature damage to allies, applying Fetid Rot to any target struck.
Anchor Slam
Physical · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Slams the ground with his anchor, inflicting Physical damage, knocking targets struck into the air, and increasing their damage taken by 400% for 6 seconds.
Lantern of Darkness
Shadow · 1 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Exposes shadowy energy within his lantern, inflicting Shadow damage every half-second to all enemies for 6 sec. This damage increases by 75% each pulse. This effect stacks.
Ghostly Rage
Physical · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Enters a ghostly rage, increasing attack speed by 30% for 6 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Trial of Valor.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Helya encounter in Trial of Valor.
Though she once served as Odyn's right hand, the vengeful Helya will stop at nothing to ensure her ancient curse binds the titan keeper to the Halls of Valor. No longer satisfied with ruling her shadowy realm, Helya now commands her vast kvaldir army to plague the lands of the living.
What Each Drop Is
The Helya encounter lists 15 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Waist, Trinket, Wrist, Chest, Back, Hands, Neck, Legs and Feet. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Anchor Chain Waistguard Waist (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 27 gold64 silver for it.
- Brinewater Slime in a Bottle Trinket, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 50 gold97 silver for it.
- Calcareous Wristclamps Wrist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 29 gold15 silver for it.
- Corroded Val'kyr Chainmail Chest (Mail), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 59 gold24 silver for it.
- Drape of the Unworthy Back (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 43 gold57 silver for it.
- Fury of the Sea Gem, item level 50. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 49 gold23 silver for it.
- Krakenbone Waistplate Waist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 28 gold83 silver for it.
- Oiled Rigger's Handwraps Hands (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 29 gold36 silver for it.
- Phylactery of Unwilling Servitude Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 51 gold40 silver for it.
- Sea Fan Pendant Neck, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 24 gold93 silver for it.
- Strand of Whelk Shells Waist (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 30 gold11 silver for it.
- Sucker-Scarred Leggings Legs (Leather), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 54 gold56 silver for it.
- Swell of the Tides Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 49 gold6 silver for it.
- Token of the Lightning Keeper Gem, item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 47 gold3 silver for it.
- Treads of the Drowned Feet (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 45. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Intellect, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 44 gold51 silver for it.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
12 achievements list a victory over Helya among their criteria.
